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"Exhibit A" <br /> RULE NO. 19 <br /> ORDER AND DECORUM IN COUNCIL AND COMMITTEE MEETINGS <br /> 1. All hearings and meetings will begin promptly at the scheduled announced time. <br /> 2. A Council Member must be recognized by the Chairperson before speaking. The member <br /> shall address the Chairperson when recognized and shall confine discussion to the question under <br /> debate and avoid personalities. <br /> 3. Any Council Member who arrives late at a hearing or meeting shall refrain from taking <br /> the Council's or Committee's time with questions and inquiries on matters already discussed. <br /> 4. If any Council Member behaves in a disorderly or contemptuous manner during any <br /> session of the Council or Committee, the Chairperson shall order such member to cease and shall <br /> preserve the peace. If the Council Member persists, the Chairperson shall order the County <br /> Clerk or a designated person to remove the Council Member from the meeting, and that Council <br /> Member shall not be permitted to be seated during the remainder of the session, except upon <br /> approval of the Chairperson or by majority vote of the Council. <br /> 5. All Council Members shall extend proper courtesy and respect to one another and to all <br /> persons speaking before the Council, and all persons shall be addressed by their surnames. [No <br /> . . . •- , . . . .. . • . .. . • • . . .. . . • • _ 1 Profanity, <br /> obscenity, name calling, abusive remarks, obscene or impolite gestures, or throwing items <br /> shall not be allowed at any time in any meeting by any member of the public or the council <br /> members. <br /> 6. A Council Member must be recognized by the Chairperson before speaking except to <br /> second a motion. <br /> 7. Nothing in this rule shall diminish the responsibility or authority of the Chairperson to <br /> maintain order and decorum. <br /> 8. No Council Member may speak longer than five (5) minutes, nor may any member speak <br /> more than twice on the same question without leave of the Chairperson, subject to an appeal to <br /> the Council, unless the Council Member is the maker of the motion or sponsor of the matter <br /> pending, in which case the Council Member may speak in reply, but only after every other <br />